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stan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:13:59 -0000

- John Bambenek - Friday, Sep 4, 09 @ 3:26 pm:

The problem with people like John Bambenek, who on Friday injected Reps. Rangel and Rush into a dialogue about Cook County officials, is that HE will forever refuse to cleanly acknowledge racism without minimizing it by bringing something/somebody else into the equation.

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Eric Zorn — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:45:28 -0000

Small correction. I never argued that this bilge should be "hushed up." I argued that it should be ignored. It was one (apparently) flaming racist jerk with access to a telephone. Are we surprised that there's a flaming racist jerk out there? Is his call significant, telling, portentous...anything other than an attempt to get attention? No. So why do we give him the attention he craves by playing his phone messages and conferring upon him some power and some importance?

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Jim — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:34:06 -0000

How come Comm. Sims accepts the news that the clinics wil be closed instead of trying to make cuts through job elimination (ever been to the County Building, you can't tell me all the people there are actually working), attrition, furlough days, etc. All politicians immediately go with the worst case scenarion (Quinn saying that prisoners will be let out of prison if taxes are not increased), it is sickening.

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ziggy — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:05:04 -0000

==Bill wrote==
"I smile and gladly pay my county taxes knowing that the money is being used for the common good."

Sure, like Tony Cole; like Dr. Robert L. Simon's $300K salary to be Stroger's personal physician and "consultant" to the Health System which is so crummy that John Stroger wouldn't even use it; like James Ramos, Chris Geovanis, Eugene Mullins and Sean Howard, 4 spokespeople for Cook County who do the work of ONE; like the Juvenile Detention Center which has lawsuit after lawsuit, and couldn't even provide the kids underwear during their time there.

This County is in great fiscal shape? Then why did Stroger request new bonds to be issued?

Face it, Stroger, Joan P Murphy, Joseph Mario Moreno, Larry Suffredin, they are all going to be going out of office.

And, Bill and Molly, get ready to start looking for new jobs after Cook County gets a new President and the real downsizing begins.

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Shart — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:22:31 -0000

Not to split hairs, but the caller only wished her bad health, he did not actually threaten her.

Also, he didn't call her the n-word, I don't see a racial aspect of the call. Just saying.

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just the facts, please — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:51:22 -0000

Bill and Molly, I agree....and thank you for sticking with the facts.

Lake County Democrat, are you the one sending your county residents over the border into Cook County for "free health care"?

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dupage dan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:03:27 -0000

Bill,

Or should we call you Todd.

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molly — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:05:50 -0000

Brennan, the County owes $118 million to it's pension funds which it is legally required to pay. Would you rather the county shirk it's responsibilty like the state has done? Because you know the state is in great fiscal shape, right?

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molly — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:58:09 -0000

Ditto to everything Bill wrote.

Bill, can I buy you a drink sometime?

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Brennan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:33:23 -0000

=Stroger gets an A+? Manâ€¦. Illinois must have one heck of a grading curveâ€¦.=

He may have been polled recently by the Chicago Teachers Union.

In 140 words you can highlight the Sims flip-flip and point out the county hospitals are likely to request less funding in 2010.

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Bill — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:33:19 -0000

The County budget is balanced unlike the state or federal gov'ts. Essential services are are being provided to citizens who need them. Union contracts are being honored. The number of county employees has been significantly diminished with no decrease in services. I smile and gladly pay my county taxes knowing that the money is being used for the common good. President Stroger is doing an admirable job and should be re-elected. So should Deb Sims who is very popular in her district. Let Palatine secede if that's what they want as long as they quit sending their indigent to Stroger hospital and pay more to use the beautiful county forest preserves, golf courses, and recreational facilities.

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John Bambenek — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:26:04 -0000

The problem with people like Rangel and Bobby Rush who flippantly play the race card is that people are automatically skeptical even when real cases of racism occurs. Yes, racism still exists, put the "crying wolf" by others only helps people numb themselves to it.

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molly — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:56:58 -0000

I support the penny or rather half a penny tax hike. That paltry amount prevents a structural deficit that would radically increase each year. The half a penny tax hike was the fiscally responsible thing to do.

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TJ — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:41:27 -0000

Stroger gets an A+? Man.... Illinois must have one heck of a grading curve....

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lake county democrat — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:36:51 -0000

I know Sims changed her mind, but it wasn't like she was the only vote -- hey, I love Jerry Butler (another no-override vote) as a singer, but he flies so far under the radar that he has dirt on his clothes from scraping the earth.

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Rich Miller — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:29:01 -0000

===Perhaps that wasnâ€™t the case===

Gawd, you can be a moron.

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fedup dem — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:21:08 -0000

Certainly it would have been much better had the caller said something like:

"Commissioner Sims, I hope you spend the next five months preparing a really memorable concession speech, because on the night of February 2 you are going to need it."

Of course, I have been around the political block long enough to imagine that either Sims or Stroger put up that caller, just to let her take political advantage of the backlash in her community. Perhaps that wasn't the case, but I wouldn't put it past them.

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raising kane — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:07:26 -0000

I think Liz Gorman has stepped up and taken a leadership role....without becoming harsh or over-the-top

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Concerned Observer — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:57:02 -0000

There kinda was, but he moved to DC.